Born in Curitiba, he settled in Santa Catarina and currently lives in Rio de Janeirosinger, songwriter and entrepreneur Karinah took her first steps in music a 12 years. Woman with an unmistakable voice, she is one of the leading female representatives of today’s pagoda and inspires many other people across the country with romantic and power-filled lyrics.
Raised by independent and strong women – her mother and grandmother -, the artist fell in love with samba in her childhood when she stumbled upon records of Clara Nunes (1942-1983), one of the greatest voices of Brazilian music. Angolan brunette was the soundtrack of countless moments with his brothers and cousins. Lively music punctuated the rhythm of the dances, the mess and the jokes.
However, as in any musical family, tastes varied and the turntable had room for too Tina Turner, Gonzaguinha (1945-1991), Gal Costa And Tim Maia (1942-1998), creating the ideal atmosphere for the young woman to risk her first melodies and drums. Family members’ praise for the tuned singing and coordinated rhythm served as an incentive. There the dream of being a singer was born.
After the private concerts in the living room for family and friends and the fragmentation of the family, with subsequent losses, Karinah and the brothers experienced a delicate moment and went to live temporarily in a boarding school. There he was able to devote himself to his studies, enjoy recreational activities, make new friends and sing at the institute’s presentations and parties. After renovating the family and returning home, Karinah she was noticed by two neighbors singing at country festivals, and that was her competition debut. Already in her first experience, with the classic evidencein Chitãozinho and Xororó, won second place. In view of this, the mother Dona Lourdesand her stepfather saw that making a living from music was possible and was already a reality for the young singer.
However, the parents were resistant. Protective and concerned about the dangers of the street, they sometimes forbade the artist to leave the house to perform at night. However, the passion for music was already so great that the young woman did not stop chasing her dream bigger than her, even if she had to throw herself out of the window to do so. From time to time, to sweeten her mother’s heart, she sang country hits.
At 17, Karinah she was already splitting her time with her studies, with introductions in bars and as a freelance in dance groups, when she had an unexpected encounter with one of the biggest challenges of her life: motherhood. At 19 she was doing radio voiceovers and recording jingles for big brands, like Walt Disney Studios, which has played all over the country. She also continued to participate in festivals and began to venture into musical tracks.
The love for the family and the desire to always have it around have ended up removing a bit the desire for success. Until, in 2006, an acquaintance enrolled her in the first edition of Reality show idolsat the time produced by SBT, which consisted of finding Brazil’s new musical star. After singing shining my ebonyin Hatchthe artist was invited to participate in the program Charm in Adriano Galisteuwith whom he had his first contact BrownOh Hatch.
With the name warmed, he undertook a series of concerts in Santa Catarina, Bahia and in other Brazilian states and has opened presentations of already established figures, such as Ivete Sangalo And Jota Quest. Like this, Karinah it was conquering its space and its recognition, first, in Santa Catarina and Bahia and, then, throughout the national territory.
Between 2007 and 2008, with a little push from Ivete, the artist meets Letières Leite, what, in a certain sense, was a fundamental piece in its trajectory. Together, they assimilated that she needed a break to study and figure out which path she really wanted to follow. With his encouragement, the artist joined the Bahia Academy of Music (AMBAH) to study samba and its aspects. Also in Salvador, she experienced new rhythms, such as the Bahian pagodão, was introduced to various musicians and sang in electric trios.
Debut album and shows around Europe
Subsequently, she was encouraged to record her first studio album. Her passion for samba, born in childhood under the influence of Chiara Nuneyes, done on Rio de Janeiroa city where the genre has taken hold and developed, was the place chosen for the design of the new project.
The landing in the capital Rio de Janeiro could not have been better. Karinah was immediately embraced by Jair Rodrigues (1939-2014), Arlindo Cruz, Jorge Aragon, Dona Ivone Lara (1922-2018) and other legendary characters of the segment. She was immersed in a feeling of gratitude and certainty that she had made the right choice.
debut album, You deserve the samba, was launched in 2012 and is manufactured by Leandro Sapucahy. following the advice of Ivone Lara, she’s gone “coming from the little boy” and expand his influence in this style of music. He sang on major TV shows like Sound Brazil, warming up And Meeting with Fatima Bernardesall of TV Globeand gave presentations to savior next to Gilberto Gil, Fundo de Quintal and Dudu Nobre.
Furthermore, Karinah he performed important concerts in Europe. He has brought Brazilian samba to the stage of the luxurious Shepherd’s Bush Empire, in London, which he has already done The Beatles, Amy Winehouse and other powers of world music. Also in the English capital, she sang at the Theater of San Giacomo for the good of the project Favela moms and participated in the legendary Montreux Festival, to Swiss. She also joined the align from Brazil Day in Portugal and showed his talent House of musiclocated in the city of Port.
In 2014 the singer was ready to reveal to the world the album Cheguei pra Ficar, directed by Izaias Marcelo and greeted the romantic pagoda. However, due to the change of venue, only two songs were published: the song It is never late And Don’t put that nowhich quickly reached number one on the hit charts and had the participation of Pericles.
After the success of both, the singer signed with the manager Sergio Monza and decided to migrate to the pagoda once and for all. At the time the genre, which is still predominantly represented by male artists, had no female representatives. What for many is a reason to give up, for Karinah it was a stimulus.
In May he launched the majestic project Karinah Por Elasthe artist’s first visual album premiered on the channel multi-show and, with the participation of 27 women (singers and musicians), brought a rich repertoire, with reinterpretations of different classics of the samba and pagodas. With this version, Karinah paid a beautiful tribute to the great powers of samba and reinforced her message of sisterhood and struggle for more space for women in the genre.
Philanthropy
Philanthropic projects are an important part of the artist’s life, one of which attends the boarding school where he lived part of his childhood and the other is linked to his love for samba. As a strong woman, with a lively, warrior and committed maternal spirit, she was invited by Chiquinho da Mangueira And Hatch be godmother of Social program of Mangueiratraditional school a Rio de Janeiroelected by UNESCO how the largest social program in the world.
Karinah sings the strength of women and their freedom, paving the way for the next generation and is a key figure in expanding the space of women in a historically male-dominated environment. No wonder she was crowned like queen of the pagoda by specialized media and friends of the segment.
Source: Terra
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